Final Fantasy tactics Clone Online Multiplayer

Hello, I dont know what engine te use that already ecisxt. Next year I want to study game design, so I need to dev game to show them. What is the best way to make a game like final fantasy tacics for online only for Ipad,Iphone and Itouch?

What knowledge of game design/programming/art do you already know? I hate to sound mean, but as already stated by several people before, you realistically won't get this done in the timeframe you want to.

To use a metaphor, your first post sounds kind of like this: "Hey, I saw a really cool skyscraper in a city I went to once. Here's a picture of it. What's the best way to build one of my own just like it?"

From the lack of information you've given, it seems you're massively underestimating the complexity of building a game. Many of your previous posts have been similar, and have given no indication that you have experience building smaller games. This is an absolute must; you have to learn to crawl before you can walk, and learn to walk before you can run. Unless you have a very deep background in game design and programming that you haven't mentioned in your posts (which seems unlikely, because if you did, your questions would be completely different), it seems as though you're trying to skip crawling and walking, and go straight to running. It simply doesn't work that way.

If you're interested in studying game design and programming, you have to start out with something very small. Build some levels in a game you like that has a level editor, and get some feedback on them. Download a rapid development environment (I hear BlitzMax is good these days) and build some very basic games in it, such as Pong, Simon, Breakout, Tetris, etc. It's not to be underestimated how much this exercise will teach you; having a concept of the scope of what it takes to build a game is pretty much impossible without having built one, and trying to build a game with a large scope up front is 100% guaranteed failure and frustration.

Look at your previous posts on this forum. Most of them are very similar to this one, with no indication of real progress being made. Ask yourself why. Why are you still stuck at the same point after a year and a half? Why can't you scale the cliff in front of you? Maybe you need to try a small hill first.

This post is not to discourage you - don't lose sight of your dream! Just be realistic about how you'll get there, and take the appropriate steps to work up to it rather than skipping all the important bits in the middle.

I dont want to write the engine, i want to use a engine with a level editor, and use some multiplayer code that is avaible for the engine. So it will be easy to make levels just look at the design of final fantasy tactics, they are not big. It will be a basic final fantasy tactics online.

I quote someone from Irrlicht engine forum.
could someone give him a small example of how to load a map which renders a few 3d characters using a server / client scheme? It doesnt have to be fancy, just a few screens for creating a character, some network connection dialogs, a character viewer and of course 4 or 5 spell like objects that damage others. I would but am a littl ebit busy right now, maybe someone else could help?

Rhade Wrote:could someone give him a small example of how to load a map which renders a few 3d characters using a server / client scheme?

I wrote a small 2D client and server for a tile based game. I haven't done combat yet, but the server comes to 38,984 lines and the client is 14,050 lines. This is no *small* solution for this problem.

If you start with http://unity3d.com/ you'll at least be able to load 3D models into the engine without code. You'll still need a few thousand lines of networking code to make that work. But at least that community has more tolerance for people who want to write huge games and are unwilling to start with something they can handle.

AndyKorth Wrote:I wrote a small 2D client and server for a tile based game. I haven't done combat yet, but the server comes to 38,984 lines and the client is 14,050 lines. This is no *small* solution for this problem.

If you start with http://unity3d.com/ you'll at least be able to load 3D models into the engine without code. You'll still need a few thousand lines of networking code to make that work. But at least that community has more tolerance for people who want to write huge games and are unwilling to start with something they can handle.

That are a lot of lines, to many for me to start. Would it be better start a visual novel? Because artwork is not a kind of problem at the time.

That would actually be a fantastic place to start, Aaron. There are a lot of interactive fiction games, that play like a visual novel. They are pretty easy, programming wise, but they let you tell a story and introduce you to programming. I guess there's a good market for these sorts of games, and a lot of people play them.

AndyKorth Wrote:That would actually be a fantastic place to start, Aaron. There are a lot of interactive fiction games, that play like a visual novel. They are pretty easy, programming wise, but they let you tell a story and introduce you to programming. I guess there's a good market for these sorts of games, and a lot of people play them.